Witnesses testify they saw a Cedar Rapids man, driving an SUV, go down embankment, cross onto Interstate 380 and crash into a motorcyclist, who was ejected and thrown into median cable barriers. He was dead when first responders arrived.
Senior Judge James Drew will decide within 30 days whether a search warrant related to the 1995 disappearance of KIMT-TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit should remain sealed now that John Vansice, a longtime person of interest in the case, has died.
Two people were arrested Tuesday on charges that they forged multiple fake checks and used them to steal more than $25,000 from their Iowa City employer.
Cameron Leonard, taking the stand in his own defense, said he was protecting himself and his brother when he fatally shot Myron Snyder, a DoorDash delivery driver on Oct. 5, 2023. He said he didn’t intend to mislead police. It was just his best recollection of events.
A police investigator said Cameron Leonard’s two interviews with police were inconsistent about the night he fatally shot a DoorDash driver who had delivered food to his brother. Leonard said the shooting stemmed from an earlier conflict over their sister.
Cedar Rapids investigators testify about laser scanner that helped them recreate deadly and confusing shootout involving a DoorDash driver, a customer and his brother, who is on trial for fatally shooting delivery driver.
Cedar Rapids police testified Thursday about the crime scene and evidence found outside a northeast side apartment complex Oct. 5, 2023, when they discovered a DoorDash delivery driver and customer fatally shot, and another man with severe gunshot injuries.
An Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he attempted to meet a 16-year-old to engage in sex acts.
A 21-year-old DoorDash driver was “ambushed, surrounded and slaughtered” on Oct. 5, 2023, a prosecutor said during his opening in Cameron Leonard’s first-degree murder trial in Linn County District Court. Victim’s mother testifes she heard gunshots while talking to her son.
A federal lawsuit, which is the second for the City of Cedar Rapids involving former police dog Ace, was settled for $50,000. The dog bit a teen wrongly arrested in 2020. The settlement was approved Tuesday.
A Cedar Rapids man is charged with attempted murder and first-degree robbery after police say he stabbed a barbershop employee in the back with a knife.
One person was injured and one was arrested after a reported stabbing Monday in Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
A Decorah High School teacher was arrested last week on charges that he had an inappropriate, sexual relationship with one of his students, according to Decorah police.
Iowa prosecutors proposed a bill to make criminal groping a serious misdemeanor, which carries up to a year in jail -- but they had no idea it would face such pushback in the state House and Senate.
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